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3 Attachment(s) Sh2-241 plus mosaic with vdB 65 by WA0CKY
Sh2-241 is an emission nebula in southern Auriga just below vdB65. I found several distance estimates. All put it over 15,000 light-years distant. The only...
May 28th 16 07:19 AM
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2 Attachment(s) ASTRO: Arp 288/ NGC 5221/5222/5230 by Stefan Lilge
We had an almost unreal interval of good weather last new moon, don't remember if it were six or seven clear nights with only one cloudy night...
May 28th 16 07:15 AM
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2 Attachment(s) Sh2-171 and Sh2-272 by WA0CKY
SH2-271 and SH2-272 are two emission nebula, part of a much larger mostly invisible to visibly light molecular cloud in northern Orion just east of his club. ...
May 26th 16 11:48 PM
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3 Attachment(s) MCG +08-11-002 A Galactic Merger REPOST by WA0CKY
Space Banter kills posts for no reason. I ask why but they are too inconsiderate to even reply. So it is again. MCG +08-11-002/PGC 017558 is a galaxy in...
May 26th 16 08:37 AM
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2 Attachment(s) Reflection Nebula vdB 16 by WA0CKY
The reflection nebula vdB 16 is part of a huge complex known as the Perseus Molecular Cloud or sometimes the Cloud of Perseus. It is a huge area of the sky...
May 24th 16 08:16 PM
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2 Attachment(s) Reflection Nebula with some H alpha emission vdB 65 by WA0CKY
The mostly reflection nebula vdB 65 is located in southern Auriga northeast of the more famous Sh2-241. I couldn't fit both into the same field of view. I...
May 24th 16 06:59 AM
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3 Attachment(s) NGC 3816 with plumes, ring galaxy NGC 3821 and More by WA0CKY
I like it when I can nab 2 objects on my to-do list in one image. They are in the hind quarters of Leo about 280 million light-years distant by both redshift...
May 20th 16 07:22 AM
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3 Attachment(s) UGC 6334 A galaxy with a handle? by WA0CKY
As is obvious by now, I like strange galaxies. UGC 6334 certainly is a strange galaxy. The bright portion looks rather normal just with no outer arms you'd...
May 18th 16 07:18 PM
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4 Attachment(s) Ghosts of Orion IC 423 and 424 by WA0CKY
IC 423 and IC 424 are a pair of reflection nebula in the region of Orion's belt two thirds of the way from Alnilam (middle star) and Mintaka (western belt...
May 15th 16 06:52 PM
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1 Attachment(s) Sh2-269 by WA0CKY
Sh2-269 also known as LBN 876 is a small star forming region in northern Orion just east of the top of his club. It is thought to be ionized by the B0.5V star...
May 8th 16 06:54 PM
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2 Attachment(s) Open Cluster NGC 1817 by WA0CKY
NGC 1817 is an open cluster in eastern Taurus just above Orion. It made my list being an object in the original Herschel 400 observing program from the...
May 6th 16 07:59 PM
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1 Attachment(s) ASTRO: NGC 3938 by Stefan Lilge
On a weekend from March to April I have been attending a small starparty in the north of Germany. Unfortunately weather was not as good as forecast, the...
May 5th 16 03:23 PM
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3 Attachment(s) Barnard 5 by WA0CKY
Barnard 5/LBN 1471 is a dark nebula in southern Perseus about half way between M45 and the California Nebula. So a rather dusty part of the sky. 42 Persei is...
May 5th 16 02:04 PM
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3 Attachment(s) Strange Spiral NGC 3206 by WA0CKY
NGC 3206 is a strange distorted galaxy in Ursa Major just west of the bowl of the dipper. It is quite nearby at about 60 million light-years by redshift and...
May 3rd 16 09:03 PM
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1 Attachment(s) ASTRO: NGC 5278/5279 by Stefan Lilge
In the night from April 21 to April 22 I was looking for something to image far from the nearly full moon that was adding it's light to the city lights. I...
April 28th 16 06:06 AM
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2 Attachment(s) VII Zw 190 A Ring Galaxy by WA0CKY
VII Zw 190 is a blue ring galaxy 290 million light-years distant and 60,000 light-years across in Camelopardalis 10 degrees west of M81 and M82. I can find...
April 28th 16 05:47 AM
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1 Attachment(s) ASTRO: Sh2-261 by Stefan Lilge
Sh2-261 is am impressive emission nebula in northern Orion, not far from the often imaged NGC 2174/2175. It is much fainter than it's famous brother/sister,...
April 27th 16 10:45 PM
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2 Attachment(s) ASTRO: NGC 3631 with SN2016bau by Stefan Lilge
In March I imaged NGC 3631 in three nights. When processing the image I had a strange artifact at one place and found that the strange spot had a star in it...
April 27th 16 10:33 PM
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3 Attachment(s) Red Reflection Nebula vdB 37 by WA0CKY
Rarely seen vdB 37 is a rather red reflection nebula. It is lit by HIP 24716 a 7.74 magnitude M2 giant star. The nebula is in northern Orion. The Sky shows...
April 26th 16 09:57 PM
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2 Attachment(s) ASTRO: 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in Leo Trio by Stefan Lilge
I finally managed to get my usenet account going again after my girlfriend had destroyed my Windows installation (well, that's my theory ;-) In the days...
April 26th 16 09:44 PM
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